RE: What is good about theism and theists?
March 9, 2012 at 6:34 pm
(This post was last modified: March 9, 2012 at 6:35 pm by NoMoreFaith.)
(March 9, 2012 at 6:23 pm)Werewolff Wrote: I try to take a prcatical approach. I look around and here's what I see :
A - People who don't believe in god and don't do bad things
B - People who believe in god and don't do bad things
C - People who don't believe in god and do bad things
D - People who believe in god and do bad things
Deal with C and D based on what they do, and leave A and B as they are.
You're ignoring the nature of doing bad things BECAUSE they believe in God. We can do without it and your practical approach is made more useful by removing the utterly superfluous B & D.
I've explained my reasoning why the moderates need to share responsibility of that and I've explained my views that its easier to counteract the "bad things" when they are forced to resort to reason.
What I fail to see, is an argument for what IS good about theism and theists as opposed to removing theo from the equation and just deal with people as people, instead of supernatural entities delivering commandments through the medium of dark age prejudice. I don't like doing all the talking, when I'm positive in my slightly drunken state that my position is far from unassailable.
Self-authenticating private evidence is useless, because it is indistinguishable from the illusion of it. ― Kel, Kelosophy Blog
If you’re going to watch tele, you should watch Scooby Doo. That show was so cool because every time there’s a church with a ghoul, or a ghost in a school. They looked beneath the mask and what was inside?
The f**king janitor or the dude who runs the waterslide. Throughout history every mystery. Ever solved has turned out to be. Not Magic. ― Tim Minchin, Storm
If you’re going to watch tele, you should watch Scooby Doo. That show was so cool because every time there’s a church with a ghoul, or a ghost in a school. They looked beneath the mask and what was inside?
The f**king janitor or the dude who runs the waterslide. Throughout history every mystery. Ever solved has turned out to be. Not Magic. ― Tim Minchin, Storm
